Bruce Wayne Murray v. Ben Zuke, Trustee of the Estate of Bruce Wayne Murray, Bankrupt

FLOYD R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

The sole question presented on this bankruptcy appeal is whether a divorced father who is contributing substantial support to his three minor children, who are in the custody of their mother, living separate and apart from the father, is entitled to an exemption under Missouri law as “head of a family.” 1

The District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri in a reported opinion at 284 F.Supp. 173 (1968) held that the case of State v. Haney, 277 S.W.2d 632, 55 A.L.R.2d 717 (Mo.1955) was controlling and that for a person to qualify as the “head of a family” he…